Tribovoltaic effect
The tribovoltaic effect is the effect of generating of tribo-current at a sliding semiconductors interface (PN junction) or sliding semiconductor and metal interface (Schottky junction), which is firstly proposed by Wang et al. in 2018. When a P-type semiconductor slides over a N-type semiconductor, the energy “quantum” also named as “bindington” will be released at the interface due to the formation of new chemical bonds. The released energy can excite electron-hole pairs at the interface, which are further separated and moved from one side to the other side under the built-in electric field at the semiconductor interface, generating a direct current in external circuit. (Wikipedia).
